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Period: 1302 to 1302
First Forensic Science Autopsy
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Microscope Invention
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Forensic Science In Court
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Birth of Toxicology
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim created Toxicology.
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First Study Of Blood Splatters
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Clarence Hiller
Shot and fingerprints lead them to the murderer, the first case to ever be solved with fingerprints. -
Polygraph was Invented
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Oldest Missing Case
Marvin Alvin Clark went missing on October 30, 1926, and was never found. -
First Public Crime Lab
Named Criminological Laboratory
J. Edgar Hoover -
George "Machine Gun" Kelly
Kidnapped Charles Urschel. -
Most Famous Forensic Scientist
Henry Lee -
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First Hair Follicle Test
Werner Baumgartner -
Jeffery MacDonald
3 victims and violently murdered his wife. -
BTK Killer (Dennis Rader)
BTK stands for Bind, Torture, Kill. Currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences. He had 10 victims. Put in jail in 2005. -
Ted Bundy Arrested
30+ Murders -
Jeffery Dahmer
17 victims -
Carroll Bonnet
Stabbed to death at age 61 in his apartment. -
John Joubert
3 murders then put to his death in 1996 in the electric chair. -
The Green River Killer (Gary Ridgway)
49 convicted victims, 71-90+ confessed and suspected. Sex offender/serial killer. Life in prison without parole. -
Carla Lowe
Beat to death in the middle of the road. -
The Night Stalker (Richard Ramirez)
Died at 53, with 19 death sentences, and killed 15+ victims. -
Marvin Gaye
Shot by his father in LA. -
Laboratory's First Identification of Cocaine in Hair
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Grace Hayden
Raped and killed in San Diego, found the single fingerprint of left thumb was on the kitchen stove. -
Ted Bundy's Death
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Lucille Johnson
Strangled and beaten to death. -
Sean Taylor
American football player played for Washington Redskins. Died from gunshot wounds and his house was burglarized a week prior. -
Crimes Involving A Gun
55% of cases involving a gun are solved with forensic science. -
Biggest Forensic Science Lab
The OCME Department of Forensic Biology -
Assault Cases
43% of assault cases are solved with forensic science. -
Murder Cases
74% of murder cases are solved with forensic science. -
Rape Cases
73% of rape cases are solved with forensic science. -
Breaking and Entering
49% of breaking and entering cases are solved with forensic science. -
Theft
38% of theft cases are solved with forensic science. -
Cases Solved With Fingerprints
36% of cases have fingerprint evidence. -
Hair Analysis Percent Of Being Right
It is very unreliable. 90% flawed. -
Overall Cases Solved With Forensics
30.8% of all cases are solved with forensic science.
